"Alex Buzbee, Georgetown University"

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Today class started back at the mighty Hilltop, and we are only now a few short days away from Hoya kickoff on Saturday against Stony Brook. Additionally, one of our recent graduates may be on an active NFL roster this season.

As fellow Hoya Aaron Ammerman (F'00) points out:

Not to preempt Zo's thunder, but I can't help noting that fans of Hoya football anxiously await the NFL's final roster deadline, this coming Saturday at 4:00, for one of our Hoya brethren is one cut away from playing professional football this season. Alex Buzbee, the defensive star of the 2006 Georgetown Hoyas, signed as a free agent with local favorite, the Washington Redskins and has survived against the odds. As of last weekend, #90 was widely considered to be the 10th or 11th best defensive lineman on a team that could probably only keep ten. However, the breaking news tonight that the Skins have cut veteran DT Joe Salave'a may mean that our hopes are not misplaced.

If Alex succeeds where no Hoya has succeeded in many a decade, it may bode well on another front. Consider all those Hoya hoops devotees who ponder whether the local basketball affiliate, the Washington Wizards, will have the judgment necessary to tank this entire season in order to unceremoniously ditch two of the most profoundly awful centers in all the land, Brendan Haywood and Etan "The Bard of Al Qaeda" Thomas. Freeing themselves of this deadest of deadweight, the Wiz would then likely have the opportunity to use a lottery pick on Hoya Big Man #55 Roy Hibbert in the NBA Draft of 2008.

Will any DC area franchise wise up and realize they have a huge cash cow sitting here unmilked? I mean, the only game I know I'll attend next year is January 6th, when the Son of Jeff Green's Mom returns to the Phonebooth in all his splendor.


If Buzbee does indeed make the roster for the Redskins, I wonder what his Monday Night Football intro will be like? You know, the sequence where the players get introduced and they give their names and their schools? In recent years, players have expanded the repertoire to give all sorts of shout-outs: to high schools, hometowns, etc., etc.

So, what will Alex say?

"Alex Buzbee, Georgetown University."

Or, "Alex Buzbee, The Hilltop."

"Alex Buzbee, the 202."

"Alex Buzbee, We are Georgetown."

"Alex Buzbee, Hoya Saxa."

"Alex Buzbee, The Tombs."

"Alex Buzbee, Chicken Madness."